Upcoming Meetings

Written by Stefano Virgilli Monday, 30 April 2012 09:29

2012

• 10 April – Tampines Regional Library, Auditorium
• 8 May – Central Public Library, Programme Zone
• 12 June – Woodlands Regional Library, Programme Zone
• 10 Jul – Jurong Regional Library, Programme Zone
• 14 Aug – Bedok Public Library, Programme Zone
• 11 Sep – Ang Mo Kio Public Library, Programme Zone
• 9 Oct – Geylang Public Library, Merpati Hall (Level 3)
• 6 Nov – Bukit Merah Public Library, Radin Mas Hall (Level 3)
• 11 Dec – Serangoon Public Library, Programme Zone

2013

• 8 Jan – Tampines Regional Library, Auditorium
• 19 Feb – Woodlands Regional Library, Programme Zone
• 12 Mar – Queenstown Public Library, Programme Zone

Last Updated on Sunday, 29 April 2012 08:27 Written by Stefano Virgilli Sunday, 29 April 2012 08:20

Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 April 2012 02:19 Written by Stefano Virgilli Tuesday, 17 April 2012 02:09

Location: MIG; SAM@8Q - Singapore, Singapore

Date: Sunday, April 22, 2012

Time: 10:30AM to 12 Noon

Could you bet on a photo being "photoshopped"? Stefano Virgilli can show you how to spot the trick. 
Using some of the not-so-famous features of Adobe Photoshop, everyone can now be a detective. Stefano will also share a real police case happened in Italy, where a photoshopped picture was used as evidence to solve a crime.
LAB School: Creative Suite Master Instructor - Director of Vox Lab ; 
Stefano Virgilli: Visual Communication Expert; 
Stefano Virgilli on Pinterest; 
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Stefano Virgilli ranks among the most certified Adobe trainers in the world, with over 70 Adobe certificates under his belt. Stefano holds an Italian degree in communication design and has extensive experience in the field of visual production. More importantly, Stefano is a dear friend of Clubsnap, ever eager to impart his expertise and crafting unique workshops for our community. A great ambassador of digital creativity, Stefano radiates a contagious learning experience whenever he speaks.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 April 2012 02:19 Written by Stefano Virgilli Tuesday, 17 April 2012 02:06

Location: Program Space; SAM@8Q - Singapore, Singapore

Date: Sunday, April 22, 2012

Time: 2:30PM to 4PM

Less than a decade ago most of the photographer went through a major transformation. Suddenly the dark room one set up at home became redundant. While the performance of digital camera have been improving to levels considered unimaginable just a few years ago, mobile photography came across.

• Is mobile going to be another milestone?
• Are the foundation of photography still current?

Worldwide speaker Stefano Virgilli returns to Singapore after sharing this short lecture in Italy last December, this time especially for ClubSnappers at SAM
LAB School: Creative Suite Master Instructor - Director of Vox Lab ; 
Stefano Virgilli: Visual Communication Expert; 
Stefano Virgilli on Pinterest; 
Stefano Virgilli | Facebook

Stefano Virgilli ranks among the most certified Adobe trainers in the world, with over 70 Adobe certificates under his belt. Stefano holds an Italian degree in communication design and has extensive experience in the field of visual production. More importantly, Stefano is a dear friend of Clubsnap, ever eager to impart his expertise and crafting unique workshops for our community. A great ambassador of digital creativity, Stefano radiates a contagious learning experience whenever he speaks.

Last Updated on Thursday, 05 April 2012 11:41 Written by Linus Lim Thursday, 05 April 2012 11:11

Venue: Tampines Regional Library, Auditorium, level 3
Date and time: Tuesday 10th April, 2012 - From 6:45PM to 8:45PM

1. Introduction to Adobe Illustrator and Vector Graphics By Leon Lim

What is a vector graphic? What is Adobe Illustrator used for? Is it better than photoshop? Does it work together with photoshop? This session is aimed at introducing users to the world of Adobe Illustrator.

2. Brand, Identity and Logo. What are they and why it is important for businesses to have them? By Carlsson Chee

Understand the differences between 'Brand', 'Identity' and 'Logo'. Learn tips in this session on what works for the industry and how your 'Brand', 'Identity' and 'Logo' can affect how your business works. Find out what the key elements of branding are, how branding applies to different business sectors and the impact that design can have on branding.

3. Create Beautiful User Interface and Button Symbol in Adobe Fireworks By Linus Lim

We see and use interfaces everyday in our life. Have you wonder how are those elegant buttons on your favorite apps created? Learn how to use features like Live Gradients to design beautiful interface buttons and how to do various button design adaptions rapidly for your mobile and web design workflows with Fireworks.

4. Visual Journaling with Evernote By Preetam Rai

Many designers and artists keep a dairy to sketch or journal the things they come across. Students, educators and anyone doing research also want to save online stuff for future reference. I myself have been using the Evernote app to save interesting things I find - music, strange fonts, web articles, user interfaces, drawings, posters etc. Often, when I am looking for ideas to design something, I dig into my Evernote archive. Let me show you how this app can make you more productive in your work, play and life.

Last Updated on Monday, 05 March 2012 03:39 Written by Stefano Virgilli Monday, 05 March 2012 02:58

Last Updated on Tuesday, 03 January 2012 14:35 Written by Stefano Virgilli Tuesday, 03 January 2012 14:11

Creative Crew Singapore is proud to present a unique occasion to hear from Mr. Shams a case study of the animation production and relevant techniques used to create the successful theatrical feature Space Jam, starring Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny.

Creativity vs originality. Have these two concepts become mutually exclusive? Lochani takes a look at Singapore's ever changing trends and asks: are we repeating or are we evolving?

It's 2012. Beside being the year of the Dragon, is the year where many things will change in the Creative industry and in Photography. Whether you shoot on film, own a DSLR or snap using an iPhone, the future of photography has started now. Learn the foundation and discover possible scenario of digital photography with Italian trainer Stefano Virgilli.

Written by Mark Plunkett Monday, 28 November 2011 06:46

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-- Flawless skin in Photoshop --

Google returns 103 thousand results for "Smoothen skin in Photoshop". What technique does Adobe Community Professional Stefano Virgilli uses? Learn in a 20 minutes session, how easy could be to get the best natural skin in photos. (A pressure sensitive graphic tablet is recommended).

-- Rapid Photo Retouching In Fireworks --

When designing for screens, photo retouching is essential for better digital images on websites and mobile devices.

How is it like to combine raster and vector together into image editing? Linus will demo how to do photo retouching like is done in Photoshop but with speed! Experience photo editing capabilities of Fireworks for the first time like no other.

-- Creating eBooks for mobile consumption --

Singapore is one of the top countries when it comes to smartphone ownership. While PDF has long been the standard for producing documents such as user manuals, class notes, product brochure etc, moving forward users will want to consume such documents on their iPads, iPhones and other smartphones.

We will show you how to create an ePub document. ePub is the most popular ebook format on mobiles. We will show you how to prepare the document on your MS Word (on Windows) and then use a Mac to convert the document. Finally we will show you how to distribute this ebook to your audience. We will also discuss the role that ebooks might play in marketing your product or service.

-- Have fun with CSS3 Transitions, Transforms and Animations --

CSS3 and HTML5 have brought on some amazing features that can create quick and simple interactive websites. We will demo how to create some hover animations, animated motions and even some dynamic graphics! As an alternative to using Flash or other interactive technologies, CSS3 and HTML5 can be used on any modern browser with no additional plugins or embeds. Have fun creating sleek interactions!

Last Updated on Thursday, 27 October 2011 05:20 Written by Stefano Virgilli Thursday, 27 October 2011 05:09

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-- Shaping bodies in Photoshop --

Always wanted a 6-packs abs? Wanted to trim the hips here and there?

Learn from Stefano Virgilli's expertise the most useful tricks in models retouch with Adobe Photoshop.

Understand the importance of pixels, lights and shadows to sculpt a perfect digital body.

Ideal Photoshop session for wedding photographers.

Demonstrated by Stefano Virgilli, Adobe Community Professional and Adobe Certified Instructor at VOX LAB.

-- Introducing Adobe Carousel --

Do you love taking lots of photographs and just need a simple way to view, browse, adjust and share them on any device - desktop, tablet or phone? Then check out Adobe Carousel, an amazing new tool which uses the same powerful photo-processing technology as in Adobe Photoshop® Lightroom®.

Introduced by Steve Lok, designer at VOX LAB.

-- Photo-portfolio for iPad made in Adobe InDesign --

Ever wanted to show your portfolio to the client using the iPad or even sharing your portfolio with the client onto their own iPad? Well this is where our very own Adobe Community Professional and Singapore InDesign User Group Manager, Mark Plunkett, will be there to reveal the secrets behind it. You can have your portfolio done in 5 minutes, and what's more, you can share it with unlimited clients (or unshare it) and protect your portfolio from being leached.

-- 5ml (www.fiveml.com) HTML5 made mobile --

It provides cross platform development with many easily manipulated controls in a WYSIWYG manner. The platform is fully customizable and expandable to each organization's or individual's needs.

Many multinational organizations already use it for their mobile advertisement needs, rendering it the global leader in online mobile rich media creation tools.

Vassilis Legakis is a member of the work group developing the platform under Velti inc. He will be demonstrating the platform's capabilities, many of its controls, sample projects, as well as many of the features which are coming next.

-- Tips for that "Film Look" --

How can an indie filmmaker get a low-budget video to mimic the look and feel of a movie theatre film?

There are a few techniques during the filming and post-production stages that can help to achieve that highly sought-after "film look", to make a video more pleasing to viewers.

Presented by Patricia Joy Lee, networker at VOX LAB.

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Last Updated on Saturday, 08 October 2011 03:07 Written by Linus Lim Saturday, 08 October 2011 03:01

Venue: Jurong Regional Library, Prog Zone

21 Jurong East Central 1, Singapore 609732

Date: Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Time: 6:45 PM - 8:45 PM

Tributes to Steve Jobs by Carlsson Chee

We have lost a visionary leader of our time who was such a great man with incredible achievements and amazing brilliance. To honor his memory, Carlsson will give a special tribute to Steve Jobs whose legacy will continue to live on for the ages among each of us.

Travel photography with a simpler camera by Preetam Rai

Travel invigorates us, exposes us to the unexpected and things that we don't see in our daily lives. And photographs lets us capture these memories not only for us but for the people around us. In this 15 minute segment we will explore 1. Why leave the DSLR home and take a smaller camera 2. Ideas on shooting great pictures with an inexpensive or phone camera 3. how to shoot photos of people without embarrassing ourselves and the subject and 4. Unusual ways to shoot familiar places - how to get an unique image of a familiar place or a object.

SCSS - Building on CSS by Sayanee Basu

Are you a CSS coder? Then SCSS builds on top of CSS for faster, more efficient and cleaner code. Scss makes CSS fun again. Scss is an extension of CSS3, adding nested rules, variables, mixins, selector inheritance, and more. It’s translated to well-formatted, standard CSS using the command line tool or a web-framework plugin. Come and find out how you can start using scss right now and share projects with even non-scss developers and have fun!

CSS3 Mobile for Fireworks by Linus Lim

During Adobe Max this month at LA, Fireworks team announces the CSS3 Mobile for Fireworks. This allows web professionals to be more efficiently in creating web, mobile and tablet designs. Linus will introduce the tools and demo how you can use it to rapidly transform your vision into designs across different screen sizes, browsers and mobile devices, all while using the latest web standards.